From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 10 18:19:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEEC616A4CE; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:19:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2FFA43D58; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:19:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior-wifi.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j2AIJxc3087562; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:20:02 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <42308F0C.6020102@samsco.org> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:16:44 -0700 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050218 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Richards References: <422E407B.4080507@portaone.com> <86k6oht386.fsf@xps.des.no> <422F087F.9030906@portaone.com> <20050309.085035.129356491.imp@bsdimp.com> <422F6703.70409@portaone.com> <20050310161607.GO98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> <86d5u7fn1z.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050310171917.GQ98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> <42308769.5080506@samsco.org> <20050310180903.GS98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050310180903.GS98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on pooker.samsco.org cc: Maxim Sobolev cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: alfred@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav cc: "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/compat/linux linux_socket.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:19:19 -0000 Paul Richards wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:44:09AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > >>Paul Richards wrote: >> >>>On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:06:16PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Paul Richards writes: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Imagine something like Photoshop being written on the most recent >>>>>version of Mac OS X and finding that compatibility only worked >>>>>forward. That would mean that most users out there would have to >>>>>upgrade their OS in order to use the most recent version of Photoshop! >>>> >>>>Yes, that is usually how it goes. >>> >>> >>>I don't believe it does. Can anyone provide real world examples of >>>this happening that we can consider? >>> >> >>You know, I'm completely outraged that I can't use MSWord 2005 on my >>Windows 3.1 system! I even installed the win32s library! Don't those >>bozos at Microsoft care at all about forwards compatibility? > > > We're talking minor releases across stable branches here. This > issue is not whether 6.1 should run on 5.3 it's whether 5.4 should > run on 5.3 > > I would expect software developed on XP service pack 2 to be able > to run on a fresh CD install of XP. > No that's not the case. Go look at software retail boxes sometime. They often say "Requires Windows FOO Service Pack BAR". This was especially true with NT 4.0 and its incredibly long lifespan. I would fully expect that software that comes out in the next year to start requiring SP2 for XP. Scott.